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INDEX CAPS........................2 Editorial.........................3 Campus Life................5 Entertainment........................6 Review.............................7 Sports...................................8
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019
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The Newseum stands tall for the last months of the year as its closure looms.
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Student service fees increase for SGA XIAO LIANG \\ staff writer
The Student Government Association has made a resolution to increase student service fees by $75, resulting in a now $200 student service fee. The fee increase was discussed and approved by the Board of Trustees. This now allows SGA to have roughly a $500,000 initiative fund to only be used for large-scale initiatives to improve the quality of life on campus. “This is a major step in the right direction for our student experience,” said Jace Petrowski, president of SGA. He said that SGA is excited to start projects on campus in the spring when they receive their first round of funding. Some of the things they will work on include adding lights on the intramural fields, supplementing funding toward esports, adding solar chargers on campus and replacing the equipment in the Clemente Center. “We can now do all the things we couldn’t have done previously because of how low our student fees were,” Petrowski said. With this initiative fund increase, the money cannot be used without senate approval.
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Petrowski explained that Bino Campanini, the senior vice president of Student Life and Alumni Affairs, would essentially have to present any project Campanini wants to use the money for to the senate. Petrowski also said that Florida Tech’s student service fee is low compared to other schools such as Nova Southeastern University, whose student service fees are currently $500 a semester. Another service SGA is working on is a bike station with an outside company. SGA announced during their scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6 that the bike rental program is no longer available due to a number of bikes being stolen. They stated that they are looking into more feasible ways to provide benefits to students. Extending library hours is another topic of concern that the SGA senate committee is looking into after hearing many complaints from students. A Giving Tree fundraising event will be hosted by SGA on Friday, Dec. 6 from 3-5 p.m. Furthermore, a website will be available for donations for the event,
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SOSA regularly works to make Florida Tech more sustainable. In October, they planted a tree during the Global Climate Strike. Crimson // Francesco Isaza
#TeamTrees takes root on YouTube and social media
JESsE VILLAVERDE \\ DESIGN EDITOR
A new campaign on YouTube has been spreading like wildfire and has caught the attention of famous entrepreneurs: all with the purpose of planting trees. #TeamTrees, a campaign with the purpose of planting 20 million trees run by YouTuber Mr. Beast and the Arbor Day Foundation, has been gaining traction online for the past few weeks. The campaign started in May of 2019 when Jimmy Donaldson, known on YouTube as Mr. Beast, was challenged by his YouTube subscribers
to plant 20 million trees in celebration of hitting 20 million subscribers. With the help of Mark Rober, a fellow YouTuber focused on science and “do it yourself” creations, Donaldson launched the campaign on Oct. 25, 2019. Each dollar donated is equivalent to one tree being planted. The trees will be planted on public forest lands managed by government agencies, at areas where trees are needed the most. On the week of Oct. 25, many popular YouTubers promoted the
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